GRE 1 Flashcards by Katherine Tarwater

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torpor

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extreme mental and physical sluggishness

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florid

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embellished

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repudiate

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reject the validity of

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fervid

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intensely emotional

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desiccate

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to dry out

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ingenuous

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showing innocence

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capricious

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changing mind quickly and often

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foment

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arouse

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inchoate

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not fully formed, disorganized

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pragmatic

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practical as opposed to idealistic

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banal

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predictable, boring

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dogma

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firmly held belief

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laconic

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using few words

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garrulous

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tending to talk a lot

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mollify

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to calm or make less severe

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venerate

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to respect deeply

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exigent

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urgent

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chicanery

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deception by means of craft

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misanthrope

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a person who dislikes others

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soporific

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causing sleep or lethargy

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taciturn

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silent, not talkative

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prevaricate

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to lie

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obviate

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to prevent

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elegy

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sorrowful poem or speech

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opprobrium

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public disgrace

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disabuse

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free from error

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ardor

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passionate feeling

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castigate

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punish or criticize harshly

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intransigent

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uncompromising

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equivocate

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to use expressions of double meaning in order to mislead

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rarefy

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to make sparser

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malinger

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to evade responsibility by pretending to be ill

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erudite

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learned, scholarly

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stolid

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unemotional

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exculpate

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free from blame

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obdurate

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hardened in feeling

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perfunctory

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done in a routine way

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diffident

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lacking self confidence

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onerous

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troublesome and oppressive

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ameliorate

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to improve

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amalgamate

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combine

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irascible

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easily angered

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bombastic

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pompous

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impetous

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to act without thinking

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quiescent

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motionless

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occlude

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to prevent the passage of

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inimical

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hostile

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esoteric

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known or understood by only a few

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abate

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reduce in amount

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vex

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annoy

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pedant

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someone who shows off learning

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impervious

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impossible to penetrate

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dirge

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funeral hymn or mournful speech

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estimable

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admirable

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precipitate

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lacking deliberation

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attenuate

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to reduce in force

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specious

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deceptively attractive

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propitiate

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to appease

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credulous

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too trusting, gullible

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perfidious

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willing to betray one’s trust

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propriety

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correct behavior

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obsequious

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overly submissive

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austere

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stern in appearance

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dilettante

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interested in at a superficial level

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veracity

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filled with truth and accuracy

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cogent

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convincing

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aggrandize

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increase in power

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dissemble

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to present a false appearance

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iconoclast

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one who opposes established beliefs

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deride

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to mock

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tacit

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done without using words

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desultory

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jumping from one thing to another

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enervate

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reduce in strength